Petrea volubilis

Common name: Queens Wreath, Purple Wreath

Family: Verbenaceae

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Country of Origin: Florida, Mexico to Trop. America

Description: Evergreen woody vine or sub-shrub, to 35 feet; leaves with petioles to 1/2 inch long, elliptic, 2-8 inches long, acute or obtusely cuneate at base, mostly acute to short-acuminate at apex, rough-scabrous; racemes axillary, 3-12 inches long; flowers pale lilac to purple, appearing from late winter to late summer..

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USDA Zone: 10-11

Source: Logee's

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• SubClass: euasterid I
• Order: Lamiales
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• Family: Verbenaceae
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• Tribe: Petreae
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References:

1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 21 May 2015.
3. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 21 May 2015

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